A 'super-inquiry' has been launched to find out what lessons have been learned from the Rochdale grooming case.

Child safety campaigner and Stockport MP Ann Coffey wants to know whether police - among other agencies - have fundamentally changed as a result of the horrific case.

Nine men were jailed in May 2012 for exploiting young girls in the town, sending shockwaves through the nation's safeguarding agencies.

A number of reports subsequently slammed both Greater Manchester Police and Rochdale children's services for failing to take action.

Now, at the request of crime commissioner Tony Lloyd, Ms Coffey is to investigate what progress has been made.

Launching the probe, she said: "This inquiry will focus on what changes have been made in safeguarding children from sexual exploitation by Greater Manchester Police and partner agencies since the Rochdale sexual grooming case and at what more needs to be done in the future.

"One of the key issues in the Rochdale case was the failure of police and partner agencies to listen properly to young victims and their families and to adequately respond to them.

"It is clear that victims in Rochdale and elsewhere were not identified or taken seriously because of negative and discriminatory attitudes of the police and other partner agencies towards them.

"Their behaviour was seen as a lifestyle choice and because of that they were not seen as vulnerable children and were not given the protection they should have expected from organisations with a responsibility to safeguard them.

"I will be focusing on how far these attitudes and cultures within organisations have changed and at what barriers still remain to be overcome."

Ms Coffey, who has campaigned hard - alongside the MEN - on the issue of missing children, said she wants to see for herself how seriously that problem is now taken by all agencies.

She also wants to speak to the local community - stressing that their support is needed in order to protect children.

"At the end I would like to have recommendations that build on what we have learnt from the past and will improve awareness and understanding of child sexual exploitation across Greater Manchester," she added.